Citizens of 19 countries can obtain a Russian tourist visa for 6 months based on a hotel booking confirmation.
Read More »Does Russia celebrate Halloween?
Halloween is not among the traditionally and massively celebrated holidays in Russia. More precisely, this day is not even a holiday at all.
Read More »New checkpoints to enter Russia with an E-visa
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree expanding the list of checkpoints for entering Russia with an electronic visa. The document was published on Friday on the official Internet portal of legal information. According to the document, automobile checkpoints are supplemented by Bagrationovsky, the villages of Pogranichny and Chernyshevskoye …
Read More »Russia and Belarus: two countries with one visa
Really great news! Russia and Belarus have concluded an agreement on the mutual recognition of visas issued for third-country nationals. The document was signed in Minsk following the talks of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei. Now holders of an existing Russian or Belarusian visa …
Read More »140th anniversary of the monument to Alexander Pushkin
June 18, 1880 in Moscow was opened the monument to Alexander Pushkin. In 1950, the monument was moved from Tversky Boulevard to the other side of the reconstructed Strastnaya Square (now Pushkinskaya Square), turned around 180 degrees and put in place of the former bell tower of the Strastnoy Monastery. …
Read More »China-Russia border is temporarily closed
Russia temporarily closes the pedestrian and automobile border with China due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus, at least until February 2, the closure of 16 checkpoints on the border with China for pedestrian and automobile traffic in five regions of the Far East — the Amur Region, …
Read More »Traffic between Mongolia and China is limited.
From Monday, January 27, traffic and passenger movement through the border crossing points between Mongolia and China are limited. This decision was made by the Government of Mongolia to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Rail and air transport will operate as before.
Read More »Sakura forecast 2020
For your planning. Here, of course, we are talking mainly about the Trans-Siberian Railway, but Japan is very close to the end point of it. And here is the first forecast for sakura blossom this year. Spring should be warm, so everything fun happens a little earlier than usual. In …
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